Global Warming and The Church

The earth is warming rapidly and there are changes affecting everyone. The scientists have a large amount of data proving that global warming is very prevalent, and is creating many problems. Many tests have been done to calculate the levels of carbon dioxide and the temperature of the earth from the past years. Global warming is causing many things to rise. The temperature is rising due to the greenhouse gases trapping the light and keeping it in the atmosphere. The levels of carbon dioxide are rising because of different human activities. These different activities consist of the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. There are also natural causes that emit carbon dioxide, but the amount in the atmosphere due to volcanoes and other natural processes is low compared to human activities. Carbon dioxide levels have been tested from years past through bubbles in the ice and show that the CO2 in the atmosphere increased sharply in the past decade. The sea level is also rising. With the temperature increase ice is melting in very large amounts. Different landmasses such as Greenland and Antarctica are mainly composed of ice, and are decreasing in size more rapidly than expected. While there is a rise in different levels there is also a decrease a certain things. The glaciers are retreating and becoming diminutive. This decline is causing a loss of fresh water sources. Many water distributers source for water is from glaciers, and now their source has almost disappeared. The snow on the peaks of mountains through spring and summer has lessened and is almost vanished. Both of these declines are due to the rising global temperature. Larger and stronger storms have occurred. This change is because the waters are warmer, and there is m...

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... and they will only get worse if something is not done.

The Catholic Church is responding to global warming, and how they feel about this problem. Church officials say that the earth is God’s gift to us. With this gift we must respect it and not abuse the wonderful creation. The church has told us that we must take measures to preserve what God has entrusted to us. There are certain things that Vatican City is doing to do their part in the battle of global warming. Solar panels have been put on top of one of the buildings to generate solar power. Electric cars are also being used, instead of regular gas cars. This cuts down on the carbon dioxide being emitted by car fumes. Vatican City is doing something for all the carbon dioxide they do produce. They planted a forest, and by doing this is absorbs carbon dioxide. This erases the carbon footprint for Vatican City.